# vila
## English
### Alternative forms

* (dated) veela

### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian víla and Slovene vila.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈviːlə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

vila (plural vilas or vile)
* (Slavic mythology) A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.
** 1874, Elodie Lawton Mijatovic, Serbian Folklore:"The Vilas (fairies) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain."
** 1995, Albert Bates Lord, The Singer Resumes the Tale, page 52:She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila, who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.
** 1998, Mike Dixon-Kennedy, Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend, page 302:Duly married, the couple lived for some time in peace and contentment, until one day Marko boasted that his wife was a vila, whereupon she put on her wings and flew away.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vial, vail, vali, vial

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin vīlla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbi.lə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvi.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvi.la]

### Noun

vila f (plural viles)
* settlement, usually with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city), that has asked for the title officially. Previously, this title was granted by the king

#### Derived terms

* vilatà

### Further reading

* “vila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɪla]
* Rhymes: -ɪla

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

vila f (relational adjective vilový, diminutive vilka)
* villa

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

vila
* inflection of vít:
** feminine singular past active participle
** neuter plural past active participle

### Further reading

* “vila”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “vila”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa (“country house”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbila/ [ˈbi.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ila
* Hyphenation: vi‧la

### Noun

vila f (plural vilas)
* town; urban settlement smaller than a cidade (“city”) and larger than a aldea (“village”), which usually acts as the economic and administrative capital of a comarca
* (archaic) village
    Synonym: aldea
* country house
    Synonym: casa de campo

#### Derived terms

* Cima de Vila
* Davila
* Vila
* Vila Grande
* Vila Pequena
* Vilaboa
* Vilachá
* Vilachán
* Vilacova
* Viladónega
* Viladonga
* Vilaescura
* Vilafranca
* Vilafría
* Vilalba
* Vilalonga
* Vilamaior
* Vilameá
* Vilameán
* vilán
* Vilanfesta
* Vilanova
* Vilapouca
* Vilarreal
* Vilaseca
* Vilaseco
* Vilasoa
* Vilasusá
* Vilasuso
* Vilavella
* Vilaverde
* vilego
* Vilela
* Vilerma
* Vilouchada

#### Related terms

* vilar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vila”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vila”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vila”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vila”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vila”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin vīlla (“country house”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈβi.l̪a/

### Noun

vila f (plural vilas)
* village; a small town
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 159 (facsimile):
    Como ſanta maria fez deſcobrir hũa poſta de carne que furtaran a uũs romeus na uila de Rocamador.
       How Holy Mary caused to be found a piece of meat which was stolen from some pilgrims in the village of Rocamadour.

#### Related terms

* vilão

#### Descendants

* Galician: vila
* Portuguese: vila

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* vilan

### Etymology

From Latin villānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvila/

### Noun

vila m (oblique plural vilas, nominative singular vilas, nominative plural vila)
* serf, countryman, peasant
** c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:
    Cerca fols la folatura, / Cortes cortez’ aventura, / E·l vilas ab la vilana [...]. The fool searches for folly, the gentleman for gentle adventure, and the peasant for his peasant-girl.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* villa (pre-standardization)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa (“country house”). Cognate with Galician vila, Spanish and Italian villa, and French ville.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.lɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.lɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -ilɐ
* Hyphenation: vi‧la

### Noun

vila f (plural vilas)
* town
    Coordinate terms: aldeia, cidade
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 80:Assim fallavam alguns indivíduos pertencentes a diversas cathegorias da pequena sociedade da villa de X∗∗∗ […]Thus spoke some individuals belonging to various classes of the small society of the town of X∗∗∗ […]
* country house
    Synonym: casa de campo
* (Brazil, colloquial) a low-class residential area, like row houses, but in a self-managed community around a cul-de-sac

### References

* ↑ “vila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “vila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* guglia (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran)
* guila (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
* aguoglia (Puter, Vallader)
* guoglia (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

### Noun

vila f (plural vilas)
* (Sutsilvan) needle

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vila. Cognate with Bulgarian самовила (samovila) and вила (vila, “fairy”), Slovene vila (“fairy living in the forest or in the water”), Old Russian вила (vila) and Slovak víla (“fairy”). According to Vasmer, non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse veiðr (“hunt”) and Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaiie$^i$ti, “he pursuits, frightens”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋǐːla/
* Hyphenation: vi‧la

#### Noun

víla f (Cyrillic spelling ви́ла)
* vila (a type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology)
* fairy

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “good fairy”): zla vještica

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin villa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋîla/
* Hyphenation: vi‧la

#### Noun

vȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏ла)
* villa

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

vila (Cyrillic spelling вила)
* inflection of viti:
** feminine singular active past participle
** neuter plural active past participle

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вила”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *vila.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋíːla/

#### Noun

vȋla f
* vila (a type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology)
* fairy

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin villa.

#### Noun

vȋla f
* villa

### Further reading

* “vila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* hvila (obsolete since 1906)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvíld (“rest, pause”), compare Danish hvile (“rest”), Old High German wīla (German Weile), Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “interval, time period”), English while.

#### Noun

vila c
* a rest; relief from work, activity or exertion
* a rest; the repose afforded by death
* (physics) a rest; absence of motion

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | vila | vilas |
| singular | definite | vilan | vilans |
| plural | indefinite | vilor | vilors |
| plural | definite | vilorna | vilornas |

##### Related terms

* pausvila
* sista vilan
* vilorum

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hvīla, from Old Norse hvíla, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-.

#### Verb

vila (present vilar, preterite vilade, supine vilat, imperative vila)
* to rest; to relieve, to give rest to
* to rest; to take a break; to cease working for a little while, to become inactive
* to rest; to lean or lay
* to rest; to lie or lean or be supported

##### Derived terms

* utvilad
* vila sina ögon på
* vila ut
* vilsam

### References

* vila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tsonga
### Verb

vila
* to boil

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin villa; compare Italian villa.

### Noun

vila f (plural vile)
* house (large), mansion